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The city's high-end residential segment has shown a smart 39% rise in capital value in the 2011-14 period — the highest any market has shown in the country, a report by real estate advisory company Cushman & Wakefield has said

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has identified 450 religious structures that exist on public land in the city, and of these only 60 have some history. The rest have been built in the past two decades and would be treated as encroachments

While the debate on the pros and cons of locating the capital city between Vijayawada and Guntur cities intensifies, the entry of unscrupulous elements into the scene has become a major cause for concern for the persons who have purchased the plots and land in this area.

Real estate firm DLF has been ordered to pay over Rs 4.5 lakh to a woman after being found guilty of wrongly taking around Rs 1.5 lakh from her on the basis of forged papers by a consumer forum here which said it was a clear case of "extortion" and "cheating"

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday made it clear that if the Haryana police and local authorities failed to stop construction activities in prohibited zones around the Indian Air Force stations in Gurgaon and Faridabad, it would order the deployment of paramilitary forces to check the encroachments

In a decision that will help real estate developers use agricultural land, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday cleared a decision to allow urban land fragmentation in the state. With this, real estate developers will now be allowed to convert pockets of agricultural land for residential or industrial use

Residents of Mayfield Garden on Wednesday held a protest march from Rajiv Chowk to deputy commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi's office in old city, for being denied power connection due to the apathy of the developer as well as power discom and local authorities

After a lacklustre first half, home sales across the top six cities in the country are expected to rise 26 per cent in the second half of 2014 compared to a year ago, according to a research report by property advisory firm Knight Frank

It seems property in Pune have a better rate of capital value appreciation than other metro cities. According to a report Pune recorded the highest average appreciation in the high-end properties in the last three years (H1 2011 – H1 2014) and second highest appreciation rate in the mid-segment properties.

Builders who had proposed hi-tech residential projects in Uttar Pradesh but have not yet began construction will find themselves in the crosshairs of the state government. The housing department has decided to critically review such projects, including those in NCR, and convert them into affordable housing townships if a builder has not made any progress so far

For long, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR have always given property buyers the best capital value appreciation. After the downturn years, however, it's the IT-led cities of Bangalore and Pune that have surged ahead in capital appreciation in residential properties

A civil court will on Wednesday hear a petition filed by a real estate company against villagers for allegedly encroaching upon its land, which falls under Mangar Bani, a sacred grove spread in an area of 350 acres in Faridabad, next to the Gurgaon border

For a few years now, the usually peak festival season hasn't been a time of joy for the housing business, but this year builders are hopeful of a revival after the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept to power in Delhi and business sentiment improved

A city that was once hailed as the country's prime shopping destination which introduced the concepts of modern retailing - like heterogeneous product mix, air-conditioned ambiance and attractive price points - is now struggling to fill up the empty space in it's malls

Spurt in land value, particularly after the state government's plans to locate the temporary capital between Vijayawada and Guntur, has given rise to increasing cases of land grabbing and disputes with regard to registrations and agreements